Editing 1796 in science (section)

==Births==
* February 6 – [[John Stevens Henslow]], [[English people|English]] [[botanist]] (died [[1861 in science|1861]])
* February 10 – [[Henry De la Beche]], English [[geologist]] (died [[1855 in science|1855]])
* February 17 – [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], [[Germans|German]] [[physician]], botanist and traveler in Japan (died [[1866 in science|1866]])
* February 22 – [[Adolphe Quetelet]], [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]] (died [[1874 in science|1874]])
* March 27 – [[Robert James Graves]], [[Irish people|Irish]] physician (died [[1853 in science|1853]])
* June 1 – [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot|Sadi Carnot]], [[French people|French]] [[physicist]] (died [[1832 in science|1832]])
* July 29 – [[Walter Hunt (inventor)|Walter Hunt]], [[Americans|American]] inventor (died [[1859 in science|1859]])
* August – [[William Marsden (surgeon)|William Marsden]], English [[surgeon]] (died [[1867 in science|1867]])
* August 15 – [[John Torrey]], American botanist (died [[1873 in science|1873]])
* August 21 – [[James Lick]], American philanthropist who endows the [[Lick Observatory]] (died [[1876 in science|1876]])
* September 19 – [[Richard Harlan]], American [[zoologist]] (died [[1843 in science|1843]])
* December ''(approx. date)'' – [[William Banting]], English [[undertaker]] and [[dietician]] (died [[1878 in science|1878]])